WHAT????? i’m starving him???
So, this morning, our poor baby threw up ALL of his milk. Well, egads…between that and the water from the other end, we made our way into urgent care at 11:00AM. Still barely eating, over a week of diarrhea, and intermittent puking….yeah…. Anyway, went to after hours pediatrics (www.after-hourpediactrics.com) which was a great place to go. they are pediatricians that only serve families in the evenings and weekends. Pretty much just for urgent care. So, it’s great.
Anyway, what she said was that Logan was essentially being ‘over’-treated. (he’s on augmentin still for ear and throat). She said between the augmetin and the pedialyte that they had me doing, he was having what was I think she called hydration starvation. I THINK that’s what she called it. anyway, with the constant pedialyte, it was over-flushing him, which was causing the horrible diarrhea. plus, the augmentin is just tearing his stomach up more…so she said to completely lay off the pedialyte completely…then she said to stop the antibiotic as well…his ears and his throat were completely clear, and his lungs sounded fantastic. My poor, poor baby. The virus that he probably did have was/is causing the appetite to be suppressed. so we are in a horribly cycle..so, here’s $50, doctor. thanks for telling me I’m starving my child, even though we are CONSTANTLY trying to get him to eat. Anyway, mommy guilt was AWFUL….although i should be glad that I took him in so we found to do this instead of continuing all the treatment we were told to give him earlier last week. He’s not contagious, and he just needs to EAT. So, since he’ll be back at Sharon’s tomorrow, hopefully he’ll start really eating again. We’ve gotten much more food in him the past couple of days..but still not back up to his normal chow down. My poor, poor baby. I need to switch to a pediatrician instead of a general practitioner. anybody have suggestions that are close by?
Michelle said,
February 9, 2009 at 10:53 am
Poor Logan! Hopefully his appetite will return soon. We go to Dr. Tyson at Johnson County Pediatrics and we’ve had good experiences so far. There are also several others in that group that we like. It’s at 75th and Antioch, so I’m not sure if you wanted to drive that far.
Ecki said,
February 9, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Poor guy. Hope he feels good soon. I once took Kayla to Urgent Care after she hadn’t eaten in 2 or 3 days since she was really sick (turned out she had pneumonia). The Urgent Care doc got really snippy with me because when they did her blood sugar it was apparently SO low it could have put her in diabetic shock (I think her number was 30) and ask me when I last fed her. Sheesh. Well, I tried! They ended up giving her a glucose IV and she perked up a bit (although they still ended up sending her by ambulance to the hospital).
debbieyost said,
February 14, 2009 at 8:31 am
Dr. Mary Jo Flint with Pediatric Professional Association. is wonderful and I lover her nurse, Iris. She’s at I-435 and Quivira. There are several good doctor’s in the group. The only thing is she is part time so if you have to go in for an illness it’s hit and miss. But I think it is like that with most places. But , like I said, I like most of the doctor’s in the group. I’ve seen Dr. Baraban when Peanut was so sick she ended up in the hopital right before her 3rd birthday. She was wonderful. I’ve also seen Dr. Belzer and Dr. Heaphy. I can’t speak for any of the other doctor’s in the group. But I love Dr. Flint’s philosophy and treatment style.
I agree, you should get a pediatrician. I used a general practitioner with MA when we lived in Jeff City. He was fine, but when Diva was born I realized how much better a pediatrician was for those early years of development. It is their specialty and there IS a difference.